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5 essential water skills to know this summer

2025/5/26
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Marielle Segarra: 我一直没学会游泳,这让我感到难为情。我小时候上过游泳课,但总是学不好,感觉水会进到鼻子里,而且在水里行动很困难。现在我尝试游泳时,感觉自己无法前进,这让我感到尴尬。 Colin Jones: 很多人对自己不擅长的事情容易形成固化的负面思维。一旦你开始认为自己不擅长某件事,这种想法往往会变成现实。作为成年人,如果不会游泳,应该去学习。我们需要改变对游泳的消极看法,要相信自己可以学会,并且要为了不希望溺水事故发生在自己和家人朋友身上而努力。永远不要放弃,你总会找到适合你的游泳教练。通过研究,可以在当地泳池找到低成本或免费的游泳课程。与其感到羞愧,不如克服羞愧去学习游泳,因为这比溺水要好得多。很多时候,阻碍我们学习游泳的是我们自己脑海中构建的各种理由。为了更容易开始游泳课程,应该提前做好准备,减少任何可能成为不去上课的借口。上课时,听从老师的指导,他们会告诉你需要什么。不要害怕失败,要像孩子一样保持学习的热情和勇气。接受失败是学习过程的一部分,坚持下去才能取得进步。专注于自己的学习过程,不要在意别人的看法。

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This chapter explores the importance of learning to swim as an adult, highlighting the high drowning rates, particularly among Black and Indigenous Americans. It emphasizes overcoming the shame and self-doubt that prevent many adults from learning this crucial life skill.
  • Eleven people die by drowning every day in the U.S.
  • Black and Indigenous Americans have the highest drowning rates among adults.
  • Only 56 percent of Americans can perform five basic water safety and swimming skills.

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Knowing how to swim can help you have fun at the pool or beach this summer. But it could also save your life. Here are some tips to start swimming if you never learned as a kid. This episode originally published June 29, 2023.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)